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		<title>Marilyn Ferguson, 70, dies; writer&#8217;s &#8216;The Aquarian Conspiracy&#8217; was pivotal in New Age movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22888"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/marilyn-ferguson.jpg" alt="Marilyn Ferguson" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Marilyn Ferguson"></a> Marilyn Ferguson, the author of the 1980 bestseller "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0874774586/ref=nosim/religionnewsblog-20">The Aquarian Conspiracy</a>" and a galvanizing influence on participants in scores of alternative groups that coalesced as the <a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/n09.html">New Age</a> movement, died Oct. 19 at her home in Banning.<br /><br />Ferguson was embraced as a beacon. Her book became "the most commonly accepted statement of Movement ideals and goals," wrote <a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m06.html">J. Gordon Melton</a> in the New Age Encyclopedia.]]></description>
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		<title>DIY religions: more harm than good</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meditation, crystal therapy, self-help books - think they're making you happier? Think again. A Brisbane academic has found a strong link between new-age spirituality and poor mental health in young people.]]></description>
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		<title>New age therapies cause retreat from reason</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known as "Darwin's rottweiler", Prof Richard Dawkins caused a furore with a stinging attack on religion. Now the evolutionary biologist has turned his wrath on "new age" alternative therapies, describing them as based on "irrational superstition".]]></description>
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		<title>Touring the Spirit World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 13:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a mere sales gimmick, spirituality tours are taken very seriously by their participants, who are commonly pantheistic, choosing to believe in truths of every religion rather than just one. They also invoke the whole panoply of New Age beliefs, finding power in crystals, aromatherapy and, of course, pyramids.]]></description>
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		<title>Angels trigger life-changing perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In weeks of frustration and anger, not knowing if her son would live or die, she was ready to ditch the whole idea that there was a loving God who cared what happened on earth. Then came the angels...]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret is out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's absolutely possible for everyone to have these things and more -- at least that's what the teachers say in The Secret.]]></description>
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		<title>New age, new ideas: Spiritual bookstores are catching on</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cafeteria Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the US, and increasing number of spiritual bookstores cater to people who are starting to question their true purpose in life without the restrictions of a specific religion.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman who masterminded Findhorn Foundation dies at age of 89</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The foundation, home to 400 people, is one of the UK's largest alternative spiritual communities.]]></description>
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		<title>Marianne Williamson to debut on XM&#8217;s Oprah Channel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marianne Williamson, one of the Oprah Friends who will be chattering on the talk show hostess' new XM Radio channel, will broadcast her show from Detroit.
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		<title>Little Shop of Auras</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16050/school-of-metaphysics</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Spiritualist School in Westbrook Offers a Metaphysical Menu That Includes Massages, Marriages and Helping People Connect With Their Higher Selves.]]></description>
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